energy security act. veteran emergency medical text tech anything act. veterans economic opportunity act. all of these are measures which the house passed. i think the gentleman would agree with me the best way to address the chronically unemployed is to help them get back to work. and these bills, especially the skills act, was one specifically designed to do that, to help those chronically unemployed to access the necessary skills that they need to enter the job market of today. and i would also further point out, mr. speaker, that this week, december 3, the congressional budget office issued a report in response to a request for the extension of unemployment benefits in which it said that some unemployed workers who would be eligible for those benefits would reduce the intensity of their job search and remain unemployed longer which would tend to decrease output and employment. this is a congressional budget office speaking on the question that the gentleman raised. and mr. speaker, i would say that such policies, if we were to continue, would lead to